Netflix is releasing a live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s renowned manga. Tomorrow Studios, the studio behind Netflix’s now-canceled Cowboy Bebop adaption, is producing the series. Here’s the latest on everything we know so far regarding One Piece on Netflix, which has been over two years since the series was first announced.
One Piece is one of the most popular and well-known manga series of all time in terms of franchises. Since its debut in an issue of Weekly Shnen Jump on July 22nd, 1997, the manga has been published in 969 chapters and 95 volumes, with more on the way.
With over 462 million copies sold, One Piece is the most popular manga of all time, outselling Dragon Ball, Golgo 13, and Naruto. One Piece is now one of the highest-grossing fictional franchises of all time, with over $21 billion in income generated throughout its several mangas, films, video games, and other forms of products.
The live-action series from Netflix was first announced in January 2020, with the following text:
Netflix’s Geeked Week 2022 will showcase One Piece.
We got our most current batch of new One Piece material during Netflix’s Geeked Week, so before we dive into everything we know so far about the series, we got our most recent batch of new One Piece information there.
The following is what Netflix had to say about One Piece:
“In South Africa, the cast has been hard at work bringing the world of One Piece to life. We also got an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the incredibly large sets to get a sense of the show.”
What is One Piece’s backstory?
One Piece is set in an alternate version of Earth that is now experiencing the ‘Golden Age of Pirates.’ The seas are ruled by ruthless cutthroat pirates, and only the strongest have a chance to claim the legendary riches known as ‘One Piece,’ which was left behind by the greatest pirate of all time, Gol D. Roger. Years after Gol D. Roger’s death, a small kid named Monkey D. Luffy dreams of forming his own crew, discovering One Piece, and proclaiming himself Pirate King.
Luffy has great strength and agility after eating a devil fruit that grants him the ability to turn his body into rubber. Luffy sets sail from Foosha Village in East Blue when he reaches the age of majority and embarks on his epic voyage to become the next Pirate King.
There were six new cast members announced, including:
- CAPTAIN MORGAN is Langley Kirkwood (he/him).
- KAYA is Celeste Loots (she/her).
- KLAHADORE is Alexander Maniatis (he/him).
- CHEF ZEFF is Craig Fairbrass (he/him).
- MIHAWK is Steven Ward (he/him).
- Chioma NOJIKO is Umeala (she/her).
We also got our first behind-the-scenes look at One Piece live-action, as previously mentioned:
